Microsoft builds a new 3D holographic system you can touch

New Rising Media: "Microsoft Research has unveiled the work they have been doing into a 3D hologram system that allows you to interact with the projections floating in midair, with surprising precision.

The system, code-named Project Vermeer, is able to project a 3D image at 15 frames per second, emulating 192 different viewpoints at a time, and presents a counter-point to what technological implementations there are currently."

it's an evolution of the mirror arrangement seen in the old time traveller arcade by sega.

i've seen 3d displays that used a spinning mirror to make the full 3d obect viewable from any angle, but this is the first time it's been tied with something like kinect to make it interactive just by simulating touch.

sadly i think we're still a long way away from seeing full 3d holograms projected into thin air like in the movies. the trouble is we can't actually see the light that's projected until it hits something. so you always need something to project onto.

Were a very long way from full 3d holograms projected into the air.Just think of it this way.You would need 360 degrees of light projecting for just a single 2d circle(X axis and Y axis).Now for it to be 3d it would the Z axis thats 360 more circles to become a sphere putting us at 129,600 degrees of light projecting .Thats just a simple sphere an just for arguments sake lets figure out how the resolution wold work.1080p is 2,073,600 pixels on just the x,y axis now adding the z axis its 746,496,000 points of projecting light.Thats a insane amount of projectors you would need,And you would always be in the way of the light if you where near it.Making the hole thing pointless. A lot needs to be done before full 3d holograms are ever going to happen